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Freedom Speaks Fastest At OBS Winter Mixed Sale Under Tack Show

Freedom Speaks, Hip 253 in the OBS Winter Mixed Sale, turned in the fastest three-eights workout at the under tack show Monday in a record time of :31 2/5 seconds. Consigned by Best A Luck Farm as agent, the newly minted 3-year-old filly by American Freedom out of the Macho Uno mare Wicked Speed, a half-sister to Horse of the Year Fatal Bullet.

Sonic Thrust, Hip 268, turned in a breeze in :31 4/5 seconds. Consigned by Grassroots Training and Sales, the Twirling Candy colt is a half-brother to multiple stakes-placed Brimstone Island and out of the Broad Brush mare Broad Sound, who is out of Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan winner Miss Legality.
Not Mercy, Hip 300, went in :32 flat. The filly by Laoban is out of the winning Sea of Secrets mare Mercy's Delight and from the family of European Champion Rose Bowl. He is consigned by Coastal Equine (Jesse Hoppel) as agent.
Calculated, cataloged as Hip 278, breezed in :32 1/5 seconds. The Klimt colt is out of the Grade 3-placed Hennessy mare Dos Lunas also from the Grassroots Training and Sales consignment.
Aggrandize, Hip 358, also worked in :32 1/5 seconds. The son of Exaggerator is out of the Orb mare Sightseeing Sis, a daughter of Grade 1-placed Resort. He is consigned by Journeyman Bloodstock Services (Brent and Crystal Fernung) as agent.

Four horses stopped the clock in :32 2/5 seconds.

Hip 258, a filly by Jimmy Creed out of Zaza by Midnight Lute is consigned by Coastal Equine (Jesse Hoppel) as agent and is from the family of Grade 2 winner Indian Firewater.
Hip 265, a daughter of Astern (AUS) out of Belle Amidst by Bellamy Road, a half-sister to Grade 3 winner Atoned is consigned by Julie Davies as agent.
Hip 273 is a gelding by Street Sense also from the Coastal Equine (Jesse Hoppel) consignment out of the stakes-placed Exchange Rate mare, Corsage.
Hip 314 is a Runhappy filly from the James Layden consignment out of the stakes-placed Ghostzapper mare Puzzling, herself a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Dancing Forever.

There are a number of horses cataloged in the Horses of Racing Age session that have run since the catalog; the highlight of which is stakes-placed Fifth Anniversary who won to debut her 2022 campaign, setting a new course record in her Jan. 19 start at Gulfstream. Cataloged as Hip 349 at the OBS Winter Mixed Sale, the filly by Runhappy is from the family of multiple Grade 1 winner and Triple Crown sire Pioneerof the Nile. She is out of the Hard Spun mare My Lady Lauren and is consigned by Stuart Morris as agent. Watch her race here.

The sale begins Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 11 a.m. with Hips 1-206 cataloged in the Preferred session. Horses of Racing Age sell immediately after, cataloged as Hips 251-365.

The Open session will take place Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 11 a.m. with Hips 401-649.

To view the full under-tack results, click here.

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Broodmare Of The Year Leslie’s Lady Dies At Age 26

Leslie's Lady, the 2016 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year and arguably the most influential broodmare of the current North American breeding landscape, died Monday morning at age 26, BloodHorse reports.

The flagship broodmare for Clarkland Farm had been residing as a pensioner at the Lexington, Ky., operation after retiring from production last spring.

The names under Leslie's Lady's produce record comprise some of the most important names in the stakes book, the sale catalog, and the stud book over the past two decades: Grade 1 winner and record-setting sire Into Mischief; four-time Eclipse Award winner Beholder; $3-million yearling, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner and popular young stallion Mendelssohn; $8.2-million yearling America's Joy; $1.1-million yearling Leslie's Harmony; leading California freshman sire Curlin to Mischief; and black type producers Judy B, Victory Party, and Daisy Mason.

Bred in Kentucky by David E. Hager II, the daughter of Tricky Creek sold as a short yearling for $8,000 at the 1997 Keeneland January sale, then went to James T. Hines Jr. for $27,000 later that year at the Keeneland September sale. She was then placed in the barn of trainer Robert Holthus, with whom she won five of 28 starts, highlighted by a victory in the listed Hoosier Debutante Stakes at Hoosier Park during her 2-year-old season.

Leslie's Lady entered Hines' breeding program after retiring from the racetrack, and she was initially unspectacular. She aborted her first foal after meeting Marquetry, then her first two foals never earned black type.

She was part of the first book for stallion Harlan's Holiday in 2004, and she produced the colt that would become Into Mischief the following March.

Hines died in February 2006, and Leslie's Lady was offered as part of his dispersal at that year's Keeneland November sale, where he sold to Clarkland Farm for $100,000. Into Mischief, meanwhile, took a detour through Indiana on his road to the history books.

Leslie's Lady earned Kentucky Broodmare of the Year honors from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association in 2016 after a season where Beholder, by Henny Hughes, won the Breeders' Cup Distaff and the Eclipse Award for champion older female.

While Clarkland Farm bred Leslie's Lady primarily for the commercial market, the operation retained the mare's final two foals, both of them fillies, to preserve her female line in their program.

Marr Time, a 3-year-old by Not This Time, was a debut winner last fall, taking a Keeneland maiden special weight by 2 3/4 lengths. Her final foal is the unraced Kantharos juvenile Love You Irene.

In total, Leslie's Lady has produced seven winners from nine starters to date, with combined on-track earnings of more than $9.5 million. Her foals have brought a combined $14,187,000 at public auction.

Leslie's Lady was buried near the entrance of Clarkland Farm.

Leif Aaron Named Fasig-Tipton’s Director Of Digital Sales

Fasig-Tipton Company, Inc. announced today the hiring of Leif Aaron as its director of digital dales. The company intends to launch its digital sales platform in the first quarter of 2022.

Aaron has served as stallion nominations manager for Juddmonte USA since 2018, managing the stallion book of Arrogate. Prior to Juddmonte, Aaron worked for eight years as stakes filly recruiter and account manager for Taylor Made Sales Agency. He is also a graduate of the Darley Flying Start Program.

“We are very excited and optimistic about entering the digital sales environment and believe Leif is the perfect person to lead our efforts,” said Fasig-Tipton president Boyd Browning. “He has tremendous knowledge, experience, and a vast network of contacts in racing and breeding in the United States and abroad. He will be a great addition to the Fasig-Tipton team.”

Aaron commented: “I am very excited to be joining Fasig-Tipton and actively engaged in the commercial market once again. I believe there is great growth potential for digital sales in America and look forward to working with buyers and sellers as we launch and develop Fasig-Tipton's digital marketplace.”

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Champion British Idiom Dies In Japan At Age Four

British Idiom, the champion 2-year-old filly of 2019, died on Oct. 1, 2021 in Japan, per Japanese Studbook Database records.

A cause of death was not listed for the 4-year-old daughter of Flashback, who was pregnant for the first time to Japanese champion Duramente. The stallion died in September after a battle with colitis. A cause of death was not listed for British Idiom.

British Idiom was sold privately to the Yoshida family's Northern Farm in June 2020, and she arrived in Japan in September of that year.

Trained by Brad Cox for the partnership of Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb, and the Elkstone Group, British Idiom went undefeated during her championship 2-year-old campaign, taking her debut at Saratoga by 3 1/2 lengths, then shipping to Keeneland to trounce the Grade 1 Alcibiades Stakes by 6 1/2 lengths. She entered the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita Park as the betting public's second choice, and she wore down favorite Donna Veloce to prevail by a neck and secure the Eclipse Award.

After a three-month break, British Idiom started her 3-year-old season with a runner-up effort in the G2 Rachel Alexandra Stakes at Fair Grounds. Her final start came in the G3 Fantasy Stakes at Oaklawn Park, where she finished 10th and exited the race with a chip in her right-front ankle.

The filly retired with three wins in five starts for earnings of $1,442,139.

British Idiom was bred in Kentucky by Hargus and Sandra Sexton and Silver Fern Farm, out of the stakes-winning Mr. Sekiguchi mare Rose and Shine. She sold as a yearling for $40,000 at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale.

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